Report on the public health administration of the Punjab.

  • Punjab (India). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Report on the public health administration of the Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    By far the largest number cf deaths were recorded amongst in¬ fants under one year of age, 31*97 per cent or roughly one-third of the total deaths were recorded during the year under this age group whilst 19*17 per cent occurred between the ages 1 and 5. In other words 51*14 per cent or a little over half of the children were swept off before they reached the age of 5 years. Neo-natal and post-natal conditions together v ith malnutrition in both the mother and the child are largely responsible for this state of affairs. General environmental conditions are no doubt far from being ideal for the healthy growth of the child but a fairly large nun ber of deaths were recorded as due to marasmus which is the direct result of malnutrition. Indirectly also this factor produces a state of lowered resistence to disease with the result that the children thus enfeebled fall an easy prey to the attacks of malaria, bowel infections and respiratory disease. The infantile mortality rate during the year was 163*04. This is slightly higher than the figure for 1936—158*44 and is lower than the average of 175 35 for the last ten years. Still births are being recorded separately since 1933 ; the figure for 1937—8,912 was the lowest yet recorded representing a ratio of 8*2 per thousand of live births. The number of still births in 1936 was 9,627, the average for the previous four years being 10,633. As is usually the case in this province the female birth-rate was lower and the female death rate higher than the corresponding rates for males. The highest mortality was recorded in the month of June, 2*33 per mille whilst the lowest occurred in the month of April, 1*65 per mille. Europeans and Anglo-Indians- There were 277 births and 75 deaths recorded amongst Europeans and Anglo-Indians during the year under report. The deaths were classified as follows :— Fevers « • • t • • 6 Dysentery and Diarrhoea 1 Respiratory Diseases .. 6n» • ♦ 19 Injuries • • • • 3 All other causes • • • . • 46 SECTION II.—The Chief Diseases and Causes of death. The Chief Causes of Deaths 1928—1937 :— Year. Cholera. Smallpox. i | Plague. Fevers. i •H Q TJ a «5 . U -a ® 8 o a s S <2 Q Respiratory dis¬ eases. 8 1 a* (-H All other causes. All Causes. 1928 2,034 8,764 8,282 316,236 10,603 52,639 7,306 101,474 607,234 1929 2,309 7,763 2,053 402,429 13,208 61,877 6,636 103,688 689,963 1930 1,181 6,341 664 422,377 12,247 61,678 6,103 109,101 608,682 1931 391 3,646 1,160 416,974 14,284 66,317 6,110 111,344 609,210 1932 614 6,184 2,003 388,427 13,287 60,251 6,633 102,983 679,382 1933 160 11,620 1,789 460,731 12,345 65,337 7,013 111,541 660,642 1934 178 1,692 8,069 461,317 12,411 55,670 6,585 103,953 649,775 1936 714 1,822 976 396,321 12,292 68,800 6,607 106,307 683,839 1936 1,721 2,013 163 374,817 11,771 66,971 8,067 106,179 562,292 1937 106 3,991 4 376,803 10,470 68,957 7,046 98,292 656,268
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